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5-Month Study Plan:
People Who Have Busy Adult Lives

Austin is a non-traditional student with a demanding full-time job. He only has about 15 hours per week to spend on studying, and since it has been a few years since his prerequisite coursework, he knows he will need some extra time for content review.

Austin decides to rank the FastPass Study Guide content sections by how difficult he thinks they will be, and then start with the topics he’s most nervous about, leaving easier topics for later in the calendar. He also plans less content per week early on, so he has a chance to ease back into studying.

Austin has always preferred to look things up on the internet when he has a question, so he knows that if he needs to re-learn or to take a deeper dive on a certain topic, he will be able to find the help he needs there.

For practice materials, he decides to purchase the following AAMC practice resources: the official guide questions, 4 question packs and the section bank. He also wants to throw in Princeton Review’s free online full-length practice test, for more practice with endurance and concentration. Here is Austin’s study plan (Total cost of FastPass & AAMC resources = $546.95).

Sample MedQuest FastPass Five-Month Study Plan (15 hours/week)

(CP=chem/phys; BB=bio/biochem; PS=psych/soc)

Week

Study

Practice

1

Watch: FastPass Introduction and Strategy

BB: Proteins

AAMC E-Book Mini-Test: 12 Qs

2

PS: The senses, The nervous system

AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs

3

Watch: FastPass Chemistry/Physics

CP: Classes of molecules

AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs

4

PS: Cognitive processes, behavior

MedQuest MCAT Practice Test

5

Watch: FastPass Biology/Biochemistry

BB: Cells and molecules

AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs

6

CP: Electrochemistry and circuitsBB: Genes

AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs

7

Watch: FastPass CARS

CP: Chemical dynamicsPS: Social processes, psychological change

AAMC Section bank: 50Qs

8

BB: Energy and metabolismPS: The self, social thinking

AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs

9

Watch: FastPass Psychology/Sociology

CP: Light and soundBB: Cell and organism reproduction

AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs

10

CP: Atoms and the periodic tablePS: Social interaction, social structure